Rattlesnake venom: mild, medium and wicked hot

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 - 09:20 in Biology & Nature

In a surprising evolutionary twist, a new study suggests that while one rattlesnake may routinely feast on lizard meat, its seemingly identical neighbor snake might strike and strike and never kill its would-be reptilian prey. The first-of-its-kind research reveals significant venom variation within populations of Florida pygmy rattlesnakes, showing that effectiveness against one type of […]

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